2016 in the British Virgin Islands

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Mossack Fonseca, the company at the centre of the 2016 Panama Papers leak.

Events from the year 2016 in the British Virgin Islands.

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January[]

March[]

April[]

  • 3 April 2016 - The Panama Papers are published, revealing the previously confidential beneficial owners of a large number of companies incorporated in the Territory.[6][7]

June[]

July[]

  • 22 July 2016 - It is announced that Elinah Phillip will represent the British Virgin Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first time a swimmer has represented the Territory at the games.[9]
  • 31 July 2016 - Gunfire was shot at or near to the Premier's vehicle; the Premier, Orlando Smith, was not in the vehicle at the time.[10]

August[]

In August the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic first affected the BVI.
  • 22 August 2016 - Billionaire BVI resident Sir Richard Branson is injured in a serious cycling accident on Virgin Gorda.[11]
  • 25 August 2016 - Five cases of the Zika virus are confirmed in the Territory as part of a wider global outbreak.[12]

September[]

October[]

November[]

  • 28 November 2016 - The National Health Insurance scheme suspends benefits for over 1,000 workers because of their employer's failure to pay contributions.[16] This action is subsequently agreed to be unlawful.[17]

December[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ "It's A Celebration; We Listened - Skelton On NHI". BVI Platinum. 4 January 2016.
  2. ^ "BVI invests $7M in airline owned by bank". BVI News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Penn appointed head of 7-member legal council". BVI News. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Pier/park project overshot budget by $48M (speech)". BVI News. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. ^ "BVI affected by 6.0 magnitude earthquake". BVI News. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Giant leak of offshore financial records exposes global array of crime and corruption". OCCRP. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. 3 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ^ "BVI hit by another major leak of records". BVI News. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  8. ^ "It's Official! Virgin Islands Has Territorial Pledge". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. ^ "BVI sending first swimmer to Olympics". BVI News. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Man shot – premier's driver happy to be alive". BVI News. 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  11. ^ "A helmet saved my life – Branson in serious crash". BVI News. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Health Officials Confirm Five Cases Of Zika Virus". DDM. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Former premier taken to hospital". BVI News. 30 September 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Minimum Wage Increase Effective October 1". Government News Service. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  15. ^ Commissioner of Customs v Delta Petroleum (Caribbean) Limited [2016] UKPC 27 (17 October 2016)
  16. ^ "As promised: NHI suspends over 1,000 employees". BVI New. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  17. ^ "We can't suspend people, NHI finally admits". BVI News. 24 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Chinese company selected for airport project". BVI News. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Blacklisted Chinese bridge building company has history of backhander deals". The Independent. 21 July 2014. The blacklisted state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) that gifted Malta a ‘free’ €4 million feasibility study on building a bridge between Malta and Gozo has a history of greasing the palms of officials in third world countries.
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